On 19 November a mock emergency drill was conducted by BP,  AECOM and their supporting contractor – Water Pump Services.   What happened: - Contractor arrived on site around noon with the equipment loaded on 1 truck - Before starting any work, a kick-off meeting consisting of a safety talk and a toolbax talk (there are currently 2 major strike in SA on the way back from the site to Johannesburg & Pretoria) was held on site with everyone - Work commenced around 1.30 PM – consists of shallow trenching in order to connect a water borehole to a water tank - 2 contractors were offloading a reel of cabling from the truck. One contractor lost balance and the second contractor fell to the floor sustaining a head and undetermined hand injury.   AECOM first aider responded. - Situation was assessed and it was decided to call the emergency services who arrived on site a bit later than expected because of remote place - The worker was diagnosed with a broken arm and head injury attended prior to been taken to hospital  What went well: - Kick-off meeting consisting of a safety & toolbax talk was held prior to any work commencing, to include emerging risks.  - Correct & accurate information was given to the emergency services who could find the site, despite being in a remote place - All phone numbers (the PM was on site, but the practice and unit managers were not available on their phone so the fieldstaff called the end-market lead) were correctly captured in HASP - BP emergency procedure was in the HASP and could be checked by the on-site team - AECOM fieldstaff is first-aid trained and responded to the situation well  What went wrong: - The work took place in a veterinary clinic – so the veterinary staff could have providing with basic care/support the injured contractor staff - The contractor fieldstaff are not first-aid trained – a note that AECOM fieldstaff is supervising the work on a permanent basis - The AECOM team had to be guided on internal communication. i.e. if they could not reach the PM – the line of escalation needs to happen
Hazard category: Non Hazard